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Software development and Quality Assurance

Any software project must have a technical leader, who is responsible for all technical

decisions made by the team and has enough authority to make them. The Department of

Computer Science and Engineering organized an online International Lecture on "Software

development and Quality Assurance". The eminent speaker was Professor, Pastor Arguelles

Jr. Dean, and College of Computer Studies at University of Perpetual System Dalta,

Philippines. The lecture commenced with an explanation of various software development

models. Further, he discussed various phases of software development life cycle like

Requirement gathering and Analysis, Design, Implementation or coding, Testing,

Deployment, Maintenance followed by a brief description of Agile project management

which is a methodology commonly used to deliver complex projects due to its adaptiveness.

It emphasizes collaboration, flexibility, continuous improvement, and high quality results.

He also enlightened the importance of Quality assurance in the field of software

engineering. Dr. Pradeep Laxkar coordinated the event.

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Current Trends in Molecular Biology and Protein Biology

The Faculty of Life Sciences has organized an online National Webinar entitled “Current

Trends in Molecular Biology and Protein Biology” on 26 June 2020 for university students,

research scholars, faculty members, scientists, and industrialists across the world. Mr.

Deepankar Ramteke, Product Specialist, Thermo Fisher Scientific Gujarat, India was invited as

a keynote speaker for the same. Thermo Fisher Scientific is an American provisionary of

scientific instrumentation, reagents, and consumables, and software and services to

healthcare, life science, and other laboratories in academia, government, and industry

(including in the biotechnology and pharmaceutical sectors)

In the webinar, around 300 participants are benefitted by the expert talk out of 463

registered candidates. Apart from various states of India (Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat,

Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, Tamil Naidu, West Bengal, Bihar, Haryana, Punjab,

Delhi, Odisha, Uttarakhand, Manipur, Jharkhand, Chandigarh, Arunachal Pradesh, Jammu

and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Kerala, Karnataka, Assam and Mizoram), participants from 4

different countries have also attended it and found it fruitful.

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“Getting Started with Machine Learning using python”

“Globalization is a form of artificial intelligence.” To recognize the scope of artificial

intelligence and robotics along with machine learning which has evolved to mimic the

pattern-matching that human brains perform, the Department of Computer Science and

Engineering department organized an expert lecture on "Introduction to Robotics and its

Applications" for the students and the faculty of the University. The eminent speaker was Mr.

Kundan Karma, Senior Software Engineer, Microsoft, USA. The lecture commenced with a

real life example of machine learning leading to a discussion on a university question paper

based on previous year question papers. Various topics such as introduction to Machine

Learning, types of Machine learning algorithms such as supervised learning, unsupervised

learning and reinforcement learning were taken into discussion. The speaker succeeded by

the hands on session on Machine learning presented a demo of Jupyter notebook. In a

hands-on session, the speaker demonstrated linear regression from scratch and enlightened

the students about the most common method for fitting a regression line, which is a method

of least squares. The event was arranged and coordinated by Dr. Pradeep Laxkar".

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Webinar on “AATMANIRBHAR BHARAT PACKAGE: OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES”

Aiming to lay stress on the importance of opportunity for India to become self-reliant in

Coronavirus pandemic, Faculty of Business Administration and Commerce organized a

webinar on “Aatmnirbhar Bharat Package: Opportunities and Challenges” on June 6,

2020. The webinar laid stress on various dimensions of Aatmnirbhar Bharat relief package

announced by PM Modi on May 12, 2020. With a warm welcome address, Dr. Mukesh

Sharma highlighted the key points of the package. The eminent speaker was Prof. Dr. N D

Mathur who emphasized the major areas of economy badly carried out due to COVID

pandemic. In the initial phase, he underlined the remarkable efforts of the prime ministers

since independence until date to make India self-standing along with various dimensions of

Aatmnirbhar Bharat Package in which MSME, Jan Dhan, MNREGA, farmer’s policies etc.

were included. During the session, challenges and opportunities post COVID era were also

taken into discussion. The session was interactional in nature. A total of 413 participants

registered in the webinar from Delhi University- Delhi, Mumbai University, BHU- Varanasi, J & K

University, Mohanlal Sukhadia University Udaipur, University of Rajasthan- Jaipur, DAVV-

Indore, Vikram University- Ujjain. Around 210 participants were actively present during the

session. The workshop was conducted via Google meet app.

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Online Virtual Awards Ceremony

The Microbiology Society is a comprehensive society based in India with a worldwide

membership based in universities, industry, hospitals, research institutes and schools. It is the

largest learned microbiological society in India. Interests of its members include basic and

applied aspects of microbiology.

The Faculty of Life Sciences has organized an Online Virtual Awards Ceremony through

Google meet in which Microbiological society of India has awarded students of life sciences

with the best student award of the department for the academic session 2019-20. The

certificate of recognition was presented to selected students based on their overall

performance during the academic session. List of selected students are as follow-

1. Ms. Deepa Singh Rathore (B.Sc. (Hons.) Microbiology)

2. Mr. Gourav Mali (B.Sc. (Hons.) Biotechnology)

3. Ms. Jaya Bairagi (M.Sc. –Microbiology)

4. Ms. Divya Makwana (M.Sc. – Biotechnology)

The president of Microbiological Society of India Dr. A.M Deshmukh appreciated students

and encouraged all the students to work hard and pave a path for a better future.

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Machine Learning for Biomedical Data Processing

Aiming to initiate a more systematic and rigorous theoretical investigation of new learning

approaches in the field of Machine learning, Department of Computer Science and

Engineering organized an online National FDP on "Machine Learning for Biomedical Data

Processing". The key resource person was Prof. Ram Bilas Pachori, IIT Indore, former visiting

professor at Taylor's University. Malaysia.

The lecture commenced with a discussion to develop a machine learning algorithm specific

to medical data, which is a need of the hour. Healthcare and biomedical sciences have

become data-intensive fields, with a strong need for sophisticated data mining methods to

extract the knowledge from the available information. He also discussed current research in

this field, which has shown promising results, several research issues that need to be explored

like Biomedical image classification, Machine-learning methods applied to biomedical data

and deep learning for medical image analysis. A total of 137 faculty members participated.

Dr. Pradeep Laxkar arranged and coordinated the event.

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An Art of Concrete Curing

Online learning is rapidly becoming one of the most cost-effective ways to educate the

World’s rapidly expanding workforce. Considering online education as the future of

education, the Department of Civil Engineering organized an online workshop titled “An Art

of Concrete Curing” for the students of ITI, Diploma, B.Tech /B.E. & M.Tech. Mr. Manish

Malviya was the guest speaker who is currently working as technical territory service

manager at Ultratech Cement Pvt. Ltd. and holds an experience of ten years in the

construction industry. He invoked the session by emphasizing on the importance of

concrete, which is one of the most used man-made materials used in the world and is the

backbone of civil engineering works. As the chemical reactions within concrete mass are

exothermic in nature, it becomes necessary to understand the chemistry and ways to

compensate for this huge amount of heat. Curing of concrete plays a major role in

compensating access heat and reducing shrinkage cracks, which are the result of access

heat of hydration. The speaker discussed the modern techniques used for curing and quality

control was explained with examples and was shared with the students to enhance their

practical knowledge. The lecture was concluded with a tutorial session.

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LUCRATIVE GRADUATE COURSES & SELECTION OF THE COLLEGE: POST COVID

“One of the most important areas we can develop as professionals is competence in

accessing and sharing knowledge”.

With the objective to elucidate the paradigm of future prospects in diverse courses to the

aspiring minds, a webinar on LUCRATIVE GRADUATE COURSES & SELECTION OF THE COLLEGE:

POST COVID was organized by department of Communication Skills on 05 June 2020. The

webinar was peculiarly categorized for the students of higher secondary courses. The

keynote speaker was Capt. BJ Singh, CEO, and Absolute Training Solutions. The session

invoked a bilateral conversation with the queries put forward by the students related to the

upcoming likelihood of jobs and miscellaneous courses. After the reciprocal colloquy, our

speaker highlighted the role of education, job market and economy in pandemic times. He

enlightened the students about the optimistic approach towards career in post COVID

times.

He delivered an online presentation on the beneficial & professional courses like Tourism,

Fashion, Journalism, Management, Life sciences, Ayurveda, Pharmacy and Engineering

offered by Mandsaur University and expounded the entire expectations of the students to

choose their alma mater with reference to green zone areas, social distancing classrooms,

labs & canteens, academic luminaries keeping in mind COVID’s prolonged stay in our lives.

He effaced all the fallacies related to market and job prospectus, which are presented in a

state of paralysis on unavailing social sites. A total of 76 students registered in the webinar

from various schools across Mandsaur region. 60 students were actively marked present

during the webinar.

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“Career & Scope (in Covid-19): Advancement in Industrial Automation” In Association with

Vision Automation solutions, Jaipur

In these COVID circumstances due to impromptu closure, the biggest benefactors and the

blessings in disguise are the online learning platforms. Department of Electrical and

Electronics Engineering has utilized such a platform to organize an Industry Webinar for the

Students and Faculty members on “Career & Scope (in Covid-19): Advancement in Industrial

Automation” in Association with Vision Automation Solutions, Jaipur on June 16, 2020. The

major intention lies in exposing the idea of understanding how today is manufacturers in

numerous industries are gaining rapid increases in productivity by taking advantage of

automation technologies.

The eminent speakers, Mr. Bhawani Singh Shekhawat & Ms. Dolly Sharma (TOT & CSP

Certified Engineer) explained the role of automation in industries for its development, which

primarily starts with the introduction to automation in industries, impact of automation and

current emphasis of developed automation in industries followed by a brief description of

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PLC. The speakers mentioned about the main tools of automation, which are Ladder logic

Simulator, Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA), Programmable Logic

Controller (PLC) and the advantages and disadvantages about the development in

industrial automation. The recent developments in industrial automation socially and

economically were also discussed. Out of 232 registrations, approx. 100 participants

attended the webinar from various states Telangana, UP, Tamil Nadu, Rajasthan, Gujrat,

Karnataka, Maharashtra and MP. Dr. Manish Jain was the convener of the webinar.

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Startup Ecosystem and Entrepreneurship opportunity

Starting a company extracts so much energy and conviction that not having a clear-cut

goal and meaningful mission can hamper your success.

Aiming to explore the motive of startup initiation and Entrepreneurship policy, Department of

Electrical and Electronics Engineering organized a webinar on “Startup Ecosystem and

Entrepreneurship opportunity” on June 7, 2020. The resource person, Mr. Sachin Nandwana,

Co-founder & Director-Big Haat, Alumni, and MIT Mandsaur took up the session mentioning

the necessary bullets to startup any idea. Further, he shared his strenuous journey of

obstacles from academician to researcher and finally emerging as an entrepreneur. It was

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followed by an explanation of the detailed process of starting a business. He also

demonstrated a business plan, financial and other required resources, and responsibility for

its success or failure. He enlightened that entrepreneurship operates within an

entrepreneurship ecosystem, which includes government programs and services that

support entrepreneurs, not-for-profit entrepreneurship resources, entrepreneurship education

and training and financing (loans, venture capital, and grants). Out of 416 registration, 145

participants attended webinar from various states Telangana, UP, Tamil Nadu, Rajasthan,

Odisha, Gujrat, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Punjab and MP. Dr. Manish Jain coordinated the

event.

Online National Webinar on “Epidemiology and Management of Phythopthora Diseases in

Citrus”

To address the conducive issue in the field of citriculture and to know the development in

the field of citrus pathology such as epidemiology and management of deadly

Phythopthora diseases in Citrus, the online national webinar was organized by Faculty of Life

Sciences through Google Meet platform for the university students, research scholar, faculty

members, scientists, and industrialist across the world on 07th June, 2020. The resource person

of the webinar was Dr. R. M. Gade, Associate Dean, Dr. Panjabrao Deshmukh Krishi

Vidyapeeth (PDKV), Akola, and Maharashtra, India. During the session, Dr. R. M. Gade gave

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detailed explanations on citrus production, productivity, and importance of citrus fruits. He

explained the epidemiology of different Phytophthora diseases such as damping off, root

rot, brown rot, and how he carried out the novel and unique research along with IIT Mumbai

and Hyderabad. He also briefed about the chemical and biological control of the most

devastating Phytophthora diseases of citrus. He also discussed the recommendation and

manual developed for the management and rejuvenation of citrus orchards. He also

discussed future perspectives in the field of research of citrus, an eminent crop in today’s

era. 130 participants from 4 different countries including America, Australia, China,

Afghanistan and 13 different states of India including Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra,

Karnataka, Rajasthan, Gujarat, Karnataka, Delhi, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Haryana, Kerala,

Andhra Pradesh, Punjab, etc. participated actively in the webinar.

Fashion Industry and Role of Budding Designers to make India Self-Reliant after Pandemic

From mobility and flexibility to professional experiences, online education has various

advantages. Aiming to train students for the solid knowledge of the fashion industry,

Department of Fashion Design organized a webinar on “Fashion Industry and Role of

Budding Designers to make India Self-Reliant after Pandemic”. The webinar was scheduled

for the future designers to enable them to forge a vision of this wide-reaching and

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specialized industry, of the managerial functioning of businesses and to develop their

creativity and their experience of the sector and to be aware of the working conditions in

fashion industry post pandemic.

The key resource person was Ms. Ishita Kapoor, an Assistant Designer at Manish

Malhotra. With an interactive and enlightening approach, she began the session detailing

her fashion career and notified that the fashion industry has negatively affected by the

coronavirus outbreak on every imaginable level; production has ceased, retailers have

closed, demand has plummeted.

However, as said, “If Winter comes, can spring be far behind”. She laid down the positive

hemispheres of the industry and clarified that the industry will take some time before it

bounces back. However, in the meantime, artificial intelligence will make a foray into the

fashion world and newcomers need to update themselves with the new technology.

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INDUSTRY EXPECTATIONS FROM MANAGEMENT STUDENTS

Aiming to turn massive challenges into a meaningful change, Faculty of Business

Administration and Commerce organized an online expert talk on Industry Expectations from

management students on May 31, 2020. The guest speaker was Mr. Kunal Baswani, Deputy

Manager, Future Mobility, TVS Motors, and Bengaluru. The key intent was to deliver the

insights of industry expectations, to understand the deep changes needed in the

organization in the current and upcoming scenario. The speaker highlighted various soft &

technical skills to be adapted by the management students to accelerate their proficiency

to crack interviews along with the scope of various organizational sectors for job prospects.

In the end, students raised their queries regarding skills sets, additional certification courses to

be achieved, and success mantra in career etc., which were profoundly answered by the

speaker. Overall, the session was synergistic.

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Concrete Admixture-A key Ingredient for concrete

A great building must begin with the immeasurable, must go through measurable means

when it is being designed, and in the end must be unmeasured.” – Louis Kahn

With the aim of understanding the construction industry, the Department of Civil Engineering

organized an online workshop titled “Concrete Admixture a Key Ingredient for concrete” for

the students of ITI, Diploma, B.Tech. /B.E. & M.Tech. The resource person was Mr. Nikhil Joshi,

celebrated alumni of Mandsaur Institute of Technology who has previously worked with

various admixture manufacturing and sales firms in India. He explained that the construction

industry due to lack of space is moving forward looking to grow vertically instead of

horizontal expansion of which high sky skippers are prime examples to provide affordable

accommodation.

Further, he also discussed that this growth requires advanced material and techniques to

support construction activities and admixtures are the ones being highly recommended due

to the various advantages they provide during construction.

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Career talk on “Getting ready for New Normal Tourism & Hospitality Industry”

An online guest lecture was organized on the 11th June 2020. It was on the topic “Getting

ready for New Normal Tourism & Hospitality Industry”. The lecture was given by Mr. Utkarsh

Shrivastav who is Regional Academic Coordinator in Pratham Education Foundation based

in Bhopal. He started the talk with the basic information about the hotel industry. He talked

about the various departments of the hotel industry. He also explained the students about

various alternative job prospects after a degree in hospitality. He talked in detail about a

career in event management, career on cruise and others like spa, gym, restaurants,

wedding planner etc. He told the students about various points to focus on like personality

development, academic knowledge as well as command over language. He shared some

videos about how the hotel industry intends to manage its operations after the corona

effects.

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CORONA WARRIORS

Department of Business administration and Management is honored to salute the undying

spirit of Mr. Yash Mangal who has been awarded with certificate & shield for providing NCC

services in Mandsaur district during the lockdown period. The Shield was accorded by SP

Office, Mandsaur for his excellent work and service with police administration.

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TOP PLACEMENTS OF MANDSAUR UNIVERSITY

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